Bill Text: IA SF16 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the effective date of school district enlargements, reorganizations, changes in boundaries, and dissolutions, and including retroactive applicability provisions.(See SF 171.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-30 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 171. S.J. 171. [SF16 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF16-Introduced.html
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BY
SINCLAIR
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
provisions
related
to
the
effective
date
of
1
school
district
enlargements,
reorganizations,
changes
in
2
boundaries,
and
dissolutions,
and
including
retroactive
3
applicability
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
275.24,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
275.24
Effective
date
of
change.
3
1.
When
a
school
district
is
enlarged,
reorganized,
or
4
changes
its
boundary
If
a
proposition
to
enlarge,
reorganize,
5
or
change
the
boundary
of
a
school
district
pursuant
to
6
sections
275.12
through
275.18
,
275.20
,
and
275.22
,
is
approved
7
by
voters
pursuant
to
section
275.18
prior
to
January
1,
2025,
8
the
change
shall
take
effect
on
July
1
following
the
date
of
9
the
reorganization
election
held
pursuant
to
section
275.18
.
10
2.
If
a
proposition
to
enlarge,
reorganize,
or
change
the
11
boundary
of
a
school
district
pursuant
to
sections
275.12
12
through
275.18,
275.20,
and
275.22,
is
approved
by
voters
13
pursuant
to
section
275.18
on
or
after
January
1,
2025,
14
the
change
shall
take
effect
on
July
1
in
the
calendar
year
15
immediately
subsequent
to
the
calendar
year
in
which
the
16
reorganization
election
was
held
pursuant
to
section
275.18.
17
Sec.
2.
Section
275.55,
subsection
4,
Code
2025,
is
amended
18
to
read
as
follows:
19
4.
a.
(1)
The
If
the
proposition
was
approved
by
voters
20
pursuant
to
this
section
prior
to
January
1,
2025,
the
21
attachment
is
effective
July
1
following
its
approval.
22
(2)
If
the
proposition
was
approved
by
voters
pursuant
to
23
this
section
on
or
after
January
1,
2025,
the
attachment
is
24
effective
July
1
in
the
calendar
year
immediately
subsequent
to
25
the
calendar
year
in
which
the
attachment
was
approved.
26
b.
If
the
dissolution
proposal
is
for
the
dissolution
of
27
a
school
district
with
a
certified
enrollment
of
fewer
than
28
six
hundred,
the
territory
located
in
the
school
district
that
29
dissolved
is
eligible,
if
approved
by
the
director
of
the
30
department
of
education,
for
a
reduction
in
the
foundation
31
property
tax
levy
under
section
257.3,
subsection
1
.
If
the
32
director
approves
a
reduction
in
the
foundation
property
tax
33
levy
as
provided
in
this
section
,
the
director
shall
notify
the
34
director
of
the
department
of
management
of
the
reduction.
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Sec.
3.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
1
retroactively
to
January
1,
2025.
2
EXPLANATION
3
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5
This
bill
modifies
provisions
related
to
the
effective
date
6
of
school
district
enlargements,
reorganizations,
changes
in
7
boundaries,
and
dissolutions.
8
Current
law
provides
that
when
a
school
district
is
9
enlarged,
reorganized,
or
changes
its
boundary,
the
change
10
shall
take
effect
on
July
1
following
the
date
of
the
11
reorganization
election.
The
bill
modifies
this
provision
to
12
provide
that,
if
the
proposition
was
approved
prior
to
January
13
1,
2025,
the
change
shall
take
effect
on
July
1
following
the
14
date
of
the
reorganization
election,
and
if
the
proposition
was
15
approved
on
or
after
January
1,
2025,
the
change
shall
take
16
effect
on
July
1
in
the
calendar
year
immediately
subsequent
17
to
the
calendar
year
in
which
the
reorganization
election
was
18
held.
19
Current
law
provides
that
the
attachment
of
territory
of
20
a
school
district
that
is
subject
to
an
approved
dissolution
21
proposal
is
effective
July
1
following
such
approval.
The
bill
22
modifies
this
provision
to
provide
that,
if
the
proposition
was
23
approved
prior
to
January
1,
2025,
the
attachment
is
effective
24
July
1
following
such
approval,
and
if
the
proposition
was
25
approved
on
or
after
January
1,
2025,
the
attachment
is
26
effective
July
1
in
the
calendar
year
immediately
subsequent
to
27
the
calendar
year
in
which
the
attachment
was
approved.
28
The
bill
is
retroactively
applicable
to
January
1,
2025.
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